International Retinal Research Foundation
Providing financial support for vision research.
Postdoctoral Scholar Awards – $35,000 for One Year — Submission Deadline: March 15, 2023
Regular Grants – Up to $100,000 Per Year, Two Year Maximum — Submission Deadline: May 15, 2023
This year, in response to the relatively recent clustering of ocular melanoma cases in Alabama, the Alabama-based IRRF plans to fund one grant addressing this condition. Preference will be given to proposals exploring genetic, epidemiologic, or environmental relationships to the pathogenesis of ocular melanoma.
Download forms: HERE. Questions or request for information should be forwarded to Sandra Blackwood either by email, [email protected] by phone, 205-325-8103, or by writing to Sandra Blackwood, Executive Director, The International Retinal Research Foundation, Inc., 1720 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35233
The next submission date for IRRF Postdoctoral Scholar Awards is March 15, 2023. More Info. Download form: Grant Application.doc Questions or request for information should be forwarded to Sandra Blackwood either by email, [email protected] or phone, 205-325-8103
Current IRRF-Funded Research
The IRRF Board of Directors approves up to two years of funding for eight grantees. Below are the current awardees.
Grants
IRRF Announces New Partnership Initiatives Providing Sustained Research Funding:
The post-pandemic economy has resulted in funding partnership opportunities that leverage the power of matching grants from more than one source. The International Retinal Research
The Macula Society/IRRF Award
The International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF) has partnered with The Macula Society to form The Macula Society/IRRF Award. The Award will be in accordance with
The Robert Machemer, MD Foundation and The International Retinal Research Foundation Fellowship
The Robert Machemer Foundation and the IRRF have collaborated to establish the Robert Machemer, MD Foundation and International Retinal Research Foundation Fellowship, that will provide
IRRF Featured News
Development of a Novel Technology to Connect Patients with Vision Loss: The Low Vision Connect App
Bonnielin Swenor, PhD, M.P.H. Johns Hopkins Medicine TITLE OF PROJECT: Development of a Novel Technology to Connect Patients with Vision Loss: The Low Vision Connect
Rodrigo Martins, PhD Funded for Two Years
Dr. Martins is an IRRF-Funded scientist at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he is an Assistant Professor. His funded project, Smc1 and the Cohesin Complex in Retinal Development and Disease: A New Mouse Model of Photoreceptor Degeneration, has resulted in a published paper in Developmental Biology, “N-myc regulates growth and fiber cell differentiation in lens development.”
The Robert Machemer, MD Foundation and The International Retinal Research Foundation Fellowship
The Robert Machemer Foundation and the IRRF have collaborated to establish the Robert Machemer, MD Foundation and International Retinal Research Foundation Fellowship, that will provide